External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$880.52

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$880.52

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$52.83 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,664.98 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $52.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $52.83 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $121.47 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $121.47 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $121.47 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $121.47 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $121.47 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $121.47 ↓ -86%
United MGMCD $123.90 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $131.19 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $133.62 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STAR $133.62 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $133.62 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $133.62 ↓ -85%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance VeteransPCCC $141.72 ↓ -84%
Oscar MGMCR $141.72 ↓ -84%
BCBS MCRPPO $144.61 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $144.61 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $144.61 ↓ -84%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $144.61 ↓ -84%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $144.61 ↓ -84%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $144.61 ↓ -84%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $144.61 ↓ -84%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $144.61 ↓ -84%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $144.61 ↓ -84%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $144.61 ↓ -84%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $144.61 ↓ -84%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $144.61 ↓ -84%
Devoted Health MGMCR $144.61 ↓ -84%
WellMed MGMCR $145.33 ↓ -83%
Van Lang IPA MCR $146.06 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $146.17 ↓ -83%
United MCR $147.50 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $147.93 ↓ -83%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $148.95 ↓ -83%
WellCare POS $148.95 ↓ -83%
WellCare SNP $148.95 ↓ -83%
WellCare MCRHMO $148.95 ↓ -83%
WellCare PFFS $148.95 ↓ -83%
WellCare PPO $148.95 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $151.84 ↓ -83%
Humana MCD $151.84 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan MGMCR $151.84 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $151.84 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $151.84 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $151.84 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $151.84 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $151.84 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $151.84 ↓ -83%
Shared Health MGMCR $151.84 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $153.29 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $153.29 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $153.29 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $153.29 ↓ -83%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $153.29 ↓ -83%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $156.51 ↓ -82%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $156.51 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $157.62 ↓ -82%
Verda Health Plan MCR $187.99 ↓ -79%
Superior ValueHMO $209.68 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice HIX $209.68 ↓ -76%
Superior EPO $224.15 ↓ -75%
Superior HMO $224.15 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $240.38 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $292.11 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $308.18 ↓ -65%
Molina Healthcare HIX $310.91 ↓ -65%
BCBS BAV $322.48 ↓ -63%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $373.93 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $396.23 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO $403.46 ↓ -54%
Oscar HIX $417.92 ↓ -53%
BCBS EPOSOA $432.38 ↓ -51%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $433.83 ↓ -51%
BCBS PPO $461.31 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $469.32 ↓ -47%
Aetna QHPExchange $529.72 ↓ -40%
Cigna CSN $595.20 ↓ -32%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $644.69 ↓ -27%
Aetna NBHMO $704.46 ↓ -20%
Aetna NBPPO $704.46 ↓ -20%
Aetna NBPOS $704.46 ↓ -20%
Aetna COMMPOS $748.42 ↓ -15%
Aetna COMMPPO $748.42 ↓ -15%
Aetna COMMHMO $748.42 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO $767.03 ↓ -13%
Aetna OONPOS $879.20 ↓ -0%
Aetna OONPPO $879.20 ↓ -0%
Aetna OONHMO $879.20 ↓ -0%
Aetna ASAPPO $950.64 ↑ +8%
Aetna ASAHMO $950.64 ↑ +8%
Aetna ASAPOS $950.64 ↑ +8%
Humana PPO $1,664.98 ↑ +89%
Humana HMO $1,664.98 ↑ +89%
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